Word: prospect
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Small wonder that some U.S. analysts see a bruising battle ahead. But both Bush and Shamir are running for re-election this year, and neither relishes the prospect of a fight with an ally who can sway domestic voters from afar. Members of Congress, who must approve the guarantees, know they will suffer electoral consequences if the decision pits their loyalty to Israel against their commitment to the peace process. So in Washington, if not in the Middle East, compromise appears to be at hand...
...habits die hard. Military experts in the former Soviet Union were mighty uncomfortable last week about the prospect of sharing their most important secrets with the team of U.S. technicians arriving to help dismantle their nukes. Meanwhile, American officials are concerned that unemployed experts in nuclear weaponry, aircraft design and other military technology may be tempted to hire out their skills. Washington has no intention of drafting all that talent but has drawn up a list of those the U.S. would like to see stay put. Part of the $400 million appropriated by Congress for nuclear-disarmament assistance...
...peace treaty promise to reduce the armed forces by half in the next two years. Cutting the military from its current strength of 60,000 may appease critics of El Salvador's bloody past. But Cristiani will be turning out into the streets trained killers with little prospect of finding legitimate employment. Says Zamora: "There will be a huge increase in violence, much like there was in Nicaragua. Many people will die." Zamora's idea is to offer the soldiers public welfare jobs like reforestation and environmental protection. But who will pay their salaries...
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...Sheila Tate, the former spokeswoman for Nancy Reagan and one of Marilyn's friends. "Most women in their 30s and 40s are career people; from here on out, when their spouse is elected to a public office, these women are going to have the role of senior adviser." That prospect would not be so alarming if, after scarcely laying a kid glove on Dan, the newspaper did not go on to suggest that Marilyn would make Americans long for Nancy Reagan -- taffetas, tyrannies and all. "Nancy would soon be considered a woman of the people," a Quayle associate told...